Date of Graduation
5-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
English
Advisor/Mentor
Toni Jensen
Committee Member
Bryan Hurt
Second Committee Member
Jen Fawkes
Keywords
Cape Cod; Fiction; Creative Writing
Abstract
Set in a wild and ethereal Cape Cod, Oyster Pond is the story of adolescent Dinah Wall, the youngest member of one of Chatham's oldest fishing families. Told by her adult self in pursuit of a deeper understanding of her father's suicide, the retrospective narrative of his final years is interwoven with the family legend of the great whaler who cursed his descendants to drown. Still living in the original Wall home, the working-class family is plagued by the curse. But when Auntie Carol adopts Sean, a popular but troubled boy a year ahead of Dinah, Dinah questions the validity of the curse. She and Sean grow close, and she convinces Sean to help save her father, but it only puts Sean in danger as the next male heir.
Citation
Plante, C. A. (2024). Oyster Pond. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/5306